27
03
2009
Swipe, Homage, or Happenstance? Frank Frazetta vs. Drazen Kovacevic
Posted by: RC in Book/Magazine Covers (All), Frank Frazetta, Illustration Art, Swipe, Homage, or Happenstance?, tags: Frank Frazetta
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- ABOVE: Frank Frazetta (1928- ), The Rider (1960-69), oil on board, 20 x 16 in.
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- ABOVE: Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Rider (Ace, 1974), with cover by Frank Frazetta.
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- ABOVE: Burroughs Bulletin #22 (April 1995), with cover by Frank Frazetta.
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- ABOVE: Drazen Kovacevic (1974- ), cover of La roue, T.3 Les 7 combattants de Korrot – II (Glénat, 2003).
Either way, swipe or homage, Frazetta’s virtuoso draftsmanship, effortless skill at composition, and expressive paint handling make Kovacevic’s anemic cover-version look like the work of a rank amateur. Or, to put it another way, every change Kovacevic makes to Frazetta’s original is for the worse.
